TITLE: PowerDNS Traffic Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14135 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14135/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: DoS WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: PowerDNS 2.x http://secunia.com/product/929/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in PowerDNS, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the traffic handling, which can be exploited to cause a temporary DoS by sending a stream of random bytes. SOLUTION: Update to version 2.9.17. http://www.powerdns.com/downloads/index.php PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-2-9-17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------